2001 Translation

DOULOS, doulos

Sounds Like: DOO-los

Translations: servant, a servant, slave, a slave, bondservant, a bondservant

From the root: ΔΟΥΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: The word "δούλος" (doulos) refers to a servant, slave, or bondservant. In ancient Greek society, a δούλος was typically someone who was the property of another, lacking personal rights and serving their master. However, in a religious context, it can also denote a devoted servant of God, emphasizing willing submission and loyalty rather than forced servitude.

Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Strong’s number: G1401 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judges — 9:28
• 2 Esdras — 12:10, 12:19
• Psalms — 18:12, 108:28, 115:7, 118:23, 118:125, 118:140, 142:12
• Wisdom — 9:5, 18:11
• Isaiah — 49:3
• Jeremiah — 2:14
• Jonah — 1:9
• Malachi — 1:6
• Matthew — 10:24, 10:25, 18:26, 18:28, 20:27, 24:45, 24:46, 24:48
• Mark — 10:44
• Luke — 7:2, 12:43, 12:45, 12:47, 14:21, 14:22
• John — 8:34, 8:35, 13:16, 15:15, 15:20
• Romans — 1:1
• 1 Corinthians — 7:21, 7:22
• Galatians — 1:10, 3:28, 4:7
• Ephesians — 6:8
• Colossians — 3:11, 4:12
• Titus — 1:1
• James — 1:1
• 2 Peter — 1:1
• Jude — 1:1
• Revelation — 6:15
• Shepherd of Hermas — 92:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 5:70
• Book 4 — 8:272
• Book 6 — 12:244
• Book 7 — 9:205
• Book 9 — 6:122
• Book 11 — 6:210
• Book 17 — 5:135, 10:273
• Book 19 — 1:13

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 16:24

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Joshua — 9:29, 24:29
• Judges — 2:8, 9:28
• 1 Samuel — 3:9, 3:10, 17:32, 17:34, 17:36, 22:15, 23:10, 23:11, 26:17, 27:5, 27:12, 28:2, 29:3, 30:13
• 2 Samuel — 7:27, 9:2, 9:6, 9:8, 9:11, 11:21, 11:24, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 15:2, 15:8, 15:21, 15:34, 19:20, 19:26, 19:27, 19:35, 19:36, 19:37
• 1 Kings — 2:38, 3:8, 8:28, 8:29, 11:26, 11:38, 12:7, 12:24, 18:12, 18:36, 21:32, 21:39, 21:40
• 2 Kings — 4:1, 5:17, 5:25, 8:13, 16:7, 17:3, 18:12, 21:8, 24:1
• Nehemiah — 2:19
• Psalms — 18:12, 108:28, 115:7, 118:23, 118:125, 118:140, 142:12
• Wisdom — 9:5, 18:11
• Isaiah — 49:3
• Jeremiah — 2:14, 26:27
• Ezekiel — 37:24, 37:25
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 6:20
• Jonah — 1:9
• Malachi — 1:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 1:2, 3:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 2:3, 2:8, 4:3, 5:2
• Parable 9 — 15:2, 28:4
• Parable 10 — 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:24, 10:25, 18:26, 18:28, 20:27, 24:45, 24:46, 24:48
• Mark — 10:44
• Luke — 7:2, 12:43, 12:45, 12:47, 14:21, 14:22
• John — 8:34, 8:35, 13:16, 15:15, 15:20
• Romans — 1:1
• 1 Corinthians — 7:21, 7:22
• Galatians — 1:10, 3:28, 4:7
• Ephesians — 6:8
• Colossians — 3:11, 4:12
• Titus — 1:1
• James — 1:1
• 2 Peter — 1:1
• Jude — 1:1
• Revelation — 6:15

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΥΛΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΟΥ — slave, servant, bondservant, a slave, a servant
• ΔΟΥΛ — servant, slave, bondservant, a servant, a slave
• ΔΟΥΛΑ — female slave, bondwoman, maidservant, a female slave
• ΔΟΥΛΗ — female slave, bondwoman, handmaiden, a female slave, a bondwoman, a handmaiden
• ΔΟΥΛΗΣ — of a female servant, of a female slave, of a handmaiden, of a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΙΑ — slavery, bondage, servitude, a slavery, a bondage, a servitude
• ΔΟΥΛΟ — slave, a slave, servant, a servant, bondservant, a bondservant, (of) a slave, (of) a servant, (of) a bondservant, (to) a slave, (to) a servant, (to) a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΙ — slaves, servants, bondservants
• ΔΟΥΛΟΙΣ — to a slave, to a servant, to a bondservant, to slaves, to servants, to bondservants
• ΔΟΥΛΟΝ — slave, a slave, servant, a servant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΥ — of a slave, of a servant, of a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΥΣ — slaves, servants
• ΔΟΥΛΩΝ — of slaves, of servants, of bondservants

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